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How are they to know
05:32
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OH I LIKE THE WAY THE SUN, CASTS THE SHADOWS OF MY BARS ACROSS MY BED SHEETS
IN THE MORNING AS I RISE UP, RUB MY EYES
AND THE NURSE RETURNS ONCE MORE, GENTLY PLACES DOWN MY FOOD TRAY THEN SHE LOOKS UP WITH A SMILE AND WALKS OUT BACKWARDS, LOCKS THE DOOR
(CHORUS)
AND THE HALLWAYS ALWAYS BARE, PEOPLE STARING AT EACH OTHER OR THE FLOORBOARDS
WALKING IN A LINE TO THE COBBLESTONE COURTYARD
WHERE OUR DUTIES FOR THE DAY WILL GIVE US PURPOSE
WILL IT HELP US, WILL THEY KNOW (DO THEY CARE)
HOW LONG NOW, I’VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG I CAN’T REMEMBER
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER
MY MOTHER BROUGHT SOME PRESENTS FOR THE CHRISTMAS DO
THAT WAS WHEN I GOT MY FIRST BIKE, I COULDN’T REALLY USE IT IN THE COURTYARD
THE NURSES LET ME SIT ON IT AT BREAKFAST TIME
AS THEY FED ME AND THE GROWNUPS WITH A SPOON
AND ANOTHER DAY BEGINS, AND THE NURSES AND THE PATIENTS DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE TOLD TO BY THE ONES WHO KNOW, OR WHO THINK THEY DO
(CHORUS 2)
AND MOTHER VISITS ME, SHE BRINGS ME FLOWERS AND SHE STAYS FOR TEA
BUT THE NURSES ONLY BOTHER ME, AND SHE CAN’T STAY FOR VERY LONG
AND I WISH THAT I COULD STAY WITH YOU, I CAN’T TALK TO YOU OR HEAR YOU
BUT BY SIMPLY BEING NEAR YOU, I CAN START TO FEEL AT EASE
AND AS THE YEARS PASS I SIT AND LOOK OUT AT THE LONG GRASS
AND THEY KEEP THINKING THAT THEY’RE HELPING ME, BUT HOW ARE THEY TO KNOW
AND I WISH THAT I COULD STAY WITH YOU, I CAN’T TALK TO YOU OR HEAR YOU
BUT BY SIMPLY BEING NEAR YOU, I CAN START TO FEEL AT EASE
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Going through the winter
05:41
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YOUR EYES LOOK UPWARDS AT THE BLUE SKIES THAT REFLECT IN THEM
THE MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER
ALL HE PROMISES OF BETTER TIMES THAT DIDN’T COME BUT YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO THE MORNING YOU WOULD WAKEN UP SURROUNDED BY THE FEELING THAT YOU’D
WAITED FOR AND YOU’D HOPE IT WAS GOING TO LAST
TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
AND MAYBE WHEN THIS DAY WOULD COME YOUR LIFE WOULD FEEL COMPLETE
AND YOU WOULD MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER
YOU KNOW YOU’D MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER
IF THE SUN COULD COME AGAIN OUT IT WOULD REALLY CLEAR THE AIR UP
AND THE THOUGHTS OF ALL THE PAST TIMES COULD JUST DRIFT OFF WITH THE CURRENT
IF THE SUN CAME OUT YOU’D GET THE HOPE THAT THINGS WOULD BE MUCH BETTER
AND AFTER ALL THE CLOUDS WERE GONE
THE AIR COULD RISE AND BRING WITH IT THE FEELING THAT YOU’D
WAITED FOR AND YOU’D HOPE IT WAS GOING TO LAST TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
AND THAT FEELING WOULD MAKE YOU COMPLETE IT WOULD HELP TO MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU COULD MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER
YOU KNOW YOU’D MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER
AND DARKNESS COMES SOMETIMES IT CAN BE SO HARD TO FIGHT
BUT YOU MUST KEEP HEAD UP KEEP IT UP ABOVE THE WATER
THE TUNNEL SEEMS SO LONG IT SEEMS TO NEVER END
BUT THEN YOU SEE THE LIGHT COME IT KEEPS ON GETTING BRIGHTER THEN
THE SUN COMES OUT AGAIN AND THE AIR IS FULL OF BIRDSONG
AND THE THOUGHTS OF ALL THE PAST TIMES SEEM TO DRIFT OFF WITH THE CURRENT
WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT IT GUARANTEES THAT THINGS WILL GET MUCH BETTER
AND NOW THAT ALL THE CLOUDS ARE GONE
YOUR SPIRITS RISE AND THEN YOU FEEL THE FEELING THAT YOU’VE
WAITED FOR AND YOU KNOW THAT IT’S GOING TO LAST TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
IT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
IT’S THE FEELING THAT MAKES YOU COMPLETE IT REALLY MAKES YOU GLOW
IT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
IT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
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Where the calm comes
03:47
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WHERE THE BIRDS FLY WHERE I CLIMB THE HILL
WHERE THE QUIET IS WHERE MY MIND IS STILL
WHERE I’VE BEEN TO WHERE I’M GOING TO SEE
WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
WHEN THE NOISE GROWS
WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS
WHEN THE HATE SHOWS
IS WHEN IT’S TIME TO GO
WHERE THE WINDS BLOW WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS
WHERE THE CALM COMES WHERE THE TENSION GOES
WHERE THE TREES GROW WHERE I’M FEELING FREE
WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
WHY THE ANGER
WHY THE ATMOSPHERE
WHY THIS HAPPENS
IS WHY I’M SITTING HERE
WHERE THE REEDS BEND WHERE THE SWANS ARE HOME
WHERE THE ROADS END WHERE THE FALLOWS ROAM
WHERE I FEEL GOOD WHERE I FEEL LIKE ME
WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
WHAT I’M MISSING
WHAT I FEEL I LACK
WHAT I LEARN HERE
IS WHAT WILL BRING ME BACK
WHERE MY MIND CLEARS WHERE I FEEL SERENE
WHERE I CRY TEARS WHERE I WON’T BE SEEN
WHERE I KNOW HOW WHERE I CLEARLY SEE
WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
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The travellers
05:31
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FIRST CAME THE DAY THEIR FORTUNES WERE TOLD THEY WERE LED OUT TO MEET WITH THE REST OF THE CHOSEN ONES
SHOWN TO THEIR PATH THEY WENT ON THEIR WAY AT THE
START OF THE ROAD THAT WOULD LEAD TO THEIR DESTINY
LEAVING THEIR PAST IDEALS FAR BEHIND THEY WERE
LEFT TO WORK OUT IF IT'S PEACE THAT THEY'RE HEADING FOR
SOME NEEDED HELP AND SOME ACTED STRONG AND THEY
HOPED IN THEIR HEADS THAT THEIR HEARTS WOULD NOT FAIL ON THEM
WHEN CAME THE NIGHT THEY STOPPED OFF TO REST AND THE HEAT FROM THE FIRE KEPT THEM WARM IN THEIR HEART'S PURPOSE
ALL SLEEPING NEAR IT HELPED EASE THE FEAR AND THEY HOPED WHEN THEY SLEPT THAT THEIR DREAMS WOULD BE GUIDING THEM
SO TO THE END TOGETHER THEY STAY AND THEIR DRIVE AND DESIRE KEEPS THEM WARM IN THEIR HEART'S PURPOSE
STILL TO THIS DAY THEY KEEP MOVING ON THOUGH THEY'VE NEVER BEEN SEEN THEY WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON THEIR DREAM
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